Mr. and Mrs. Gilton (William Wadsworth and Mrs.
William Bechtel) live next door to Mr. and Mrs. Bilton (Augustus Phillips and
Ida Williams), the Gilton’s and well off and childless whereas the Bilton’s are
a poor family of seven and subsequently Mr Gilton looks down on his neighbours,
but the Bilton’s are the most loving and happy family.
Just before Christmas the grocer's boy accidently delivers Gilton's
order to Mrs. Bilton and she thinks her husband sent the food, so she cooks it
and Gilton is furious.
On
Christmas Eve, Gilton staggers home in a blizzard, with a turkey under his arm
and blinded by the snow he staggers into the wrong house and finds the Bilton’s,
gathered about the table listening open-mouthed to Mr. Bilton reading "The
Night Before Christmas." old Gilton looks on with tear filled eyes fill
that night the breach between the families is healed as though the spirit of
Santa Claus himself had sealed it.
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